Balgowlah
The public school with ocean views catching the eye of parents
Students will walk in for the first time on Monday morning, marking the beginning of a new era for secondary education on the northern beaches.
- Sally Rawsthorne
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Couple pays $3.96m for renovation project on ‘tremendous street’
A couple from the northern beaches beat five others for the deceased estate with ocean and harbour views at auction.
- Carmen Forward
The Northern Beaches councillor who’s racked up $31,866 in expenses
Councillors spent more than $200,000 on expenses and $150,000 sending staff to conferences even as ratepayers faced big hikes in rates.
- Cindy Yin and Max Maddison
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- HSC
Revealed: The secrets behind Sydney’s top schools for HSC maths
Just three schools average above 90 for HSC mathematics, but the big improver in recent years is Concord High. Here’s their secret.
- Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
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- HSC
We re-ranked schools by HSC average scores. Only one achieved more than 90
Band six results alone don’t show the breadth of the achievements of NSW’s best schools, so we analysed the average marks of all students.
- Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
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- Casinos
Humble suburban bowls club thwarts casino giant
A multibillion-dollar American casino company’s attempts to introduce its brand to Australia may have come unstuck, thanks to a small suburban bowls club.
- Cameron Atfield
The Sydney suburbs falling out of love with fast food
Australia’s insatiable appetite for fast food is hitting an increasingly sour note as local councils and community groups mount challenges over new stores.
- David Barwell
The three rules that rocketed this Sydney school up the HSC rankings
Boys are over-represented among struggling school students and under-represented in policy attention. Here’s how Balgowlah Boys and Marist College Eastwood found success.
- Lucy Carroll
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- Education
‘It would be crazy’: Parents fight co-ed proposal for Sydney’s top-ranked schools
The state government has floated a proposal to make several public high schools across the northern beaches, Hornsby and Kogarah co-educational.
- Lucy Carroll